Chapter 40: The Minotaur's Village.

X arrived at the location where Lu Xin and the soldiers were. When he saw Lu Xin and the soldiers, X greeted him.

X dismounted from Pink's back, walked forward, and peered out from behind the trees. He saw the Minotaur Village.

The Minotaur Village's inhabitants had human faces, cow horns, and cow tails.

X smiled and said, "We will besiege them."

"Okay, Your Majesty," said Lu Xin.

X headed toward Pink's back, climbed onto its back, and headed with the soldiers to surround the Minotaur Village.

X surrounded the Minotaur Village. The Minotaur Villagers looked at X's soldiers with fear.

In front of them stood 1,800 soldiers of various races. This army was larger than their own population.

X said with a cold face, "Surrender or die."

"I await your opinion on whether we should have a contest," said an old Minotaur man.

X looked at the old man and asked in a cold voice, "What are the conditions for a contest?"

The old man sighed and said, "It will be a three-on-three contest. Whoever gets two wins wins. If they lose, we surrender. But if you lose, you must withdraw."

X smiled and said, "Okay."

Then each side began choosing who would participate in the contest.

X stood in front of all the soldiers. The soldiers looked at him with excited eyes. He wanted to participate in a contest to demonstrate their strength to X.

X smiled and said, "The people he'll be involving are Song Wu, Fan Gu, and Yan Gu."

Song Wu, Fan Gu, and Yan Gu all smiled and walked out from the crowd of soldiers and stood in front of X.

X said, "The first person to engage is Sungwoo."

Sungwoo stepped forward and stood in front of his opponent.

Sungwoo's opponent was a minotaur with black hair and green eyes, approximately 2.5 meters tall, carrying a brown axe and wearing brown armor.

Sungwoo, on the other hand, carried a white axe with red and purple stripes and wore white armor with blue stripes.

The minotaur said sarcastically, "Come on, short one, come forward."

Sungwoo grabbed his axe and quickly charged at the minotaur's leg. Surprised by Sungwoo's speed, the minotaur tried to block Sungwoo's axe with his own, but the minotaur's axe broke.

Sungwoo's axe was a red-rank weapon crafted by X, while the minotaur's axe was a brown-rank weapon.

Sungwoo struck the minotaur's abdomen, sending him flying and landing on his back.

The Minotaur's villagers rushed to help the Minotaur stand up.

The Minotaur said, "I surrender. I have lost."

Song Wu returned to X's side. X said with a smile, "Well done."

Song Wu smiled when X praised him. The soldiers looked at Song Wu with envious eyes. Song Wu looked at them and smirked. The soldiers looked at him with angry eyes when they saw this.

X then looked at Yan Gu and said, "Yan Gu, you're next."

Yan Gu emerged from the crowd of soldiers and headed toward his opponent.

Yan Gu stood before a 230cm tall minotaur man with blue hair and red eyes, holding a brown hammer and wearing brown armor.

Yan Gu wore white armor with blue stripes and held a white sword with green and purple stripes. This was a Red-rank sword that X had forged.

The minotaur man quickly attacked, swinging his hammer at Yan Gu. Yan Gu swung his sword.

The sword and hammer collided, the hammer flying away from the Minotaur's hand.

The Minotaur was surprised to see his hammer fly away from his grasp.

"Surrender," Yan Gu said, pointing his sword at the Minotaur's throat.

"I surrender," the Minotaur said in a sad voice.

Yan Guo elegantly sheathed his sword and then walked over to X and the soldiers.

X said with a smile, "Well done. That was a wonderful painting."

Yan Guo smiled when he heard X's praise.

The soldiers and Song Wu looked at him with envy. Yan Guo looked at them and smiled mockingly. When Song Wu and the soldiers saw this, he looked at him with anger.

The old man came out and said, "We surrender."

[The Minotaur Village has surrendered.]

X smiled and led the soldiers into the Minotaur Village.

X headed to the village hall and entered.

As he entered, he saw a purple ball. X expected it to be the core of the Purple-grade village.

Because the Minotaur Village has a population of around 1,000, a Normal-grade village can hold 500 people, while a Brown-grade village can hold 600. As the village's grade increases, its population increases by 100 people.

X smiled and looked at the green screen.

Name: Minotaur Village.

Grade: Purple.

Rank: Small Village.

Number: 1,000/1,000

Statistics: Increase crop growth by 50%, increase crop quality by 50%, increase disaster immunity by 25%.

[Can summon 5 to 13 Minotaurs per day.]

X smiled and looked at the five brown spheres orbiting the village core.

Name: Minotaur Soldier.

Rank: Brown.

Number: 30/30

Skills: [Minotaur Energy Training].

Name: Minotaur Sorcerer.

Rank: Brown.

Number: 30/30

Skills: [Earth Wall].

Name: Minotaur Researcher.

Rank: Brown.

Number: 30/30

Skills: [Research Eye].

Name: Minotaur Blacksmith.

Rank: Brown.

Number: 30/30

Skills: [Blacksmith's Hammer].

Name: Minotaur Alchemist.

Rank: Brown.

Number: 30/30

Skills: [Control Fire].

X smiled and chose to invade and move the village.

[Do you want to invade the village? Yes No]

[You have successfully invaded the village.]

[You have obtained 50 achievement points.]

Sir's achievement points: 550/800

[Do you want to move the village? Yes No]

[You have successfully moved the village.]

After that, six buildings disappeared from the Minotaur Village: the Village Hall, the Army Hall, the Research Hall, the Alchemy Hall, the Blacksmith's Workshop, and the Magic Hall.

After placing the village core inside the [Purity] ring, X headed toward a cave and entered.

When X entered the cave, he saw several brown stones. He looked at a brown ball floating in the air.

Name: Earth Stone Cave.

Class: Brown.

[Can produce 10 to 30 per day.]

X then chose to move and invade the cave.

[Do you want to invade the cave? Yes No]

[You have successfully invaded the cave]

[You have earned 50 achievement points]

Sir achievement points: 600/800

[Do you want to move the cave? Yes No]

[You have successfully moved the cave]

Then the cave disappeared, and X inserted the cave core into his [Purity] ring.

He then headed towards the soldiers and the Minotaur villagers.

X arrived at the soldiers and inhabitants of the Minotaur Village and looked at a beautiful Minotaur woman, 170 cm tall. She had long black hair, green eyes, large breasts, and a large buttocks.

Standing on the shoulder of the Pink Phoenix, the camel woman said, "My name is Idra Mino, Your Majesty."

X said with a smile, "From now on, you are my wife."

A pink light emerged from the [Purity] Ring and entered Idra Mino's body. Idra glowed with a pink light.

A yellow phoenix emerged from the pink light and entered the Pink Phoenix. The Pink Phoenix glowed with a faint golden light.

Then the pink light stopped glowing, and Idra appeared.

She had become more beautiful, her breasts and buttocks had grown larger, and she was 190 cm tall.

The Minotaur Villagers were surprised when they saw this.

X and Idra headed to Pink's hut and climbed onto his back. "We'll go back to the village," X said with a smile.

After that, X and his followers entered the green forest.